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Christmas Special Review- A Garfield Christmas
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Dec 17, 2012
A Garfield Christmas is the warmest/fuzziest of the three specials. I do not mean that to sound facetious, it does have its touching moments both with Garfield comforting Grandma and Garfield and Odie actually getting along for a change. It does start off on a misfire with Jon’s song as they a read more
Contenders for Favorite Older Film First Seen in 2012
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Dec 15, 2012
Lee Montgomery in Burnt Offerings one of my favorite older films of 2011. (United Artists) UPDATE: Due to the strong focus I give to 2012 titles in late November and December, this list of possibilities is virtually complete. It will be whittled down and written up for posting in early January! This read more
Short Film Saturday: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Dec 15, 2012
If you’re like me and you absolutely couldn’t stand the new version of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice that was foisted upon us than have a gander below at the original intent. Minus the introduction which I believe is from the rehash Fantasia 2000, it is without dialogue. It is wordless read more
Short Film Saturday: Alice in Wonderland
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Dec 8, 2012
If you saw the new Alice in Wonderland and absolutely could not stand it then this may be the antidote: The first adaptation of the story on film in the world has recently been restored by the British Film Institute, BFI. It was recently posted on their YouTube page. This is just some of the amazing read more
Paranormal Activity 4 and the Found Footage Problem
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Dec 7, 2012
This year saw another installation in the Paranormal Activity series. I will not bemoan the perpetuation of the series. I understand that. They cost virtually no money and the profit margins have been fairly huge. As a business decision, it’s a no brainer. When writing about the first installm read more
My Rating Scale
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Dec 2, 2012
Since my post on lists not being complete, which is an essence an amendment to my initial manifesto, I have not written many reviews, but I will have cause to with 61 Days of Halloween coming up. Keeping that in mind, it has come to my attention, both through my own ruminating and from some comments read more
The Dichotomous Parallel Between MP3s and Digital Copies
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Dec 1, 2012
Recently, I drew the parallel between the digitization of music and that of cinema. Digitization in terms of the end user’s home entertainment product. I often describe myself as being caught between two times because I always like to have links to the past, while conversely staying fairly cur read more
Short Film Saturday: How It Ended
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Dec 1, 2012
On quite a few occasions I have discussed Film Movement’s Film of the Month Club, which I think is great. Part of what makes their selections unique, aside from the material they choose is that each feature is paired with at least one short film on DVD. One of the better shorts I saw over the read more
Short Film Saturday: Serious Stuff for the Runners
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 24, 2012
Outcasts find a bond and learn to accept one another without judgment and form a friendship in just under seven minutes and shot in a weekend. Follow the link below to view the film and enjoy! Serious Stuff for the Runners (2011, Jo-Jo the Dog Films & Tokem) read more
Adding To Your Classics Library
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 23, 2012
A while back on Twitter, Bill Milner a great young actor, as well as past nominee and honoree, asked a simple yet important question: it was about bolstering his library of classics. This is a fascinating question for me, and for any cinephile I feel, because it brings up the elusive question of read more
Thanksgiving Review: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 22, 2012
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is kind of like the middle child of the specials: it is often overlooked but it should not be. There is a lot that is good about the special which makes it deserving of more positive pub. There is, as per usual, a good little bit of pedagogy in this short, however, there read more
Thankful for World Cinema: Black Peter
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 22, 2012
Facets, for those who don’t know is a great distributor with whom lovers of independent, arthouse and international cinema should become well acquainted. The selection of their films is only one reason. Another is their scholarly attitude. What is meant by this is the following: first, this read more
The Problems of Limiting Foreign Film Submissions (Part 2 of 2)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 22, 2012
Similar to the first installment of this piece there was one nation where I got a more rounded, abundant reaction. However, I still didn’t have near the sample size as I did with Brazil. Therefore, I wanted to test the waters and get samples from around the world about the foreign film submiss read more
Thanksgiving Review: Mayflower Voyagers
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 21, 2012
This is a Peanuts special that was made several years after the original Thanksgiving tale which sees the characters we have come to know assuming the roles of Pilgrims. It does a rather admirable job of recounting the tale of both the journey across the Atlantic and also the Pilgrim’s first f read more
The Problems of Limiting Foreign Film Submissions (Part 1 of 2)
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 21, 2012
In my previous post, I wrote about how I would propose to alter the Foreign Language Film submission process. I am working backwards as now, in this post, I will address, with a little more support to back up my own hypotheses the issues that would be addressed if you were to allow select countries read more
Thanksgiving Review: Garfield’s Thanksgiving
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 20, 2012
This Garfield Thanksgiving special is one, which unlike the Halloween special, I had no recollection of. It was like watching it again for the first time and it does some things very well. Firstly, there is, of course, the comedic aspect which is present throughout. Mainly when Garfield explains the read more
Thankful For World Cinema: Simon and the Oaks
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 20, 2012
The Foreign Award Struggle I touched upon this a while back when writing about Spud, and that is the marketing of films from around the world hits a pothole when trying to cite foreign film awards that American viewers as a whole are not familiar with. Invariably a national film award, whether it be read more
How The Foreign Language Film Submission Process Could Change
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 20, 2012
Earlier this year, but before the Academy Award cermonies, I wrote about how the Best Foreign Language Film submission process works and how I think it should change. Now, in proposing changes I was vague but made the point that the system is kind of broke and needs fixing. To further examine this h read more
The Evolution of War of the Buttons
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 19, 2012
Typically, when preparing a new version of a work the first thing that needs to be addressed is what will be different from the last time this film, play or whatever the case may be. This is not dissimilar from the approach one must take when transferring a book to film. In remaking a film, whether read more
Thankful for World Cinema: Bergman Island
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Nov 18, 2012
This Criterion collection offering pieces together three Swedish television interviews with internationally renowned writer/director Ingmar Bergman that originally hit their airwaves in 2004. This re-edited version, with cutaways and a feature structure, premiered in 2006. The interview flows natura read more